Try Beers from All Over the Globe At This Weekend's Craft Beer Festival

Need a compelling reason not to stick around the house this weekend? Rain or shine, Boxing Cat is throwing the 8th Annual Shanghai Craft Beer Festival this weekend (August 18 and 19) at Lujiazui Harbor City.

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The fest kicks off today at 11am for the true die-hard beer drinkers, and runs until 10 pm both nights. Your entrance ticket at the festival gives you your first pint for free. (Score!)

Drinks

This year’s SHCBF boasts an impressive lineup of breweries, not only from China, but also Korea, Italy, USA, England, Argentina and beyond.

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In total, SHCBF will have over 100 craft beers, with a range of IPAs, stouts, lagers, sours and more. Boxing Cat's booth will be pouring over 10 beers, including their newest release: the Purple Rain Dragonfruit Sour, which pours bright purple in color.

Food

Food-wise, SHCBF will also have guests more than covered with 10 food vendors on-site serving up delectable bites.

This year’s fest also has some wildcard options like lobster rolls from the Little Catch sisters Jiayi and Wenyi Huang, juicy paella from Tomatito, high-end fusion from Daimon, more fusion from Simon at Lil Laundry and a fresh Vietnamese bun cha concept by Chef Danyi Gao.

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Entertainment

The third pillar to a Beer Fest lies in the entertainment. Eight performers will play across the two days to keep the vibes rolling. The full lineup is available on their website (www.shanghaicraftbeerfest.com) or on Boxing Cat’s official WeChat account.

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How to Get There

Depending on your level of hangover on Saturday morning, there’s a range of ways to get yourself to the fest. For the lazy or busy folks out there, grabbing a Didi will get you from central Jing’an to Lujiazui Harbour City in about 15 minutes.

If you decide to go the Metro route, take Line 2 and get out at Lujiazui Station Exit 2, where you will find buses running from the station to the fest every 120 minutes.

If you’re up for some socializing, buses will be running from Liquid Laundry, Boxing Cat Sinan and Boxing Cat Yongfu at 2pm, 4pm and 6pm.

Feeling up for a rather ridiculous adventure instead? Grab a boat from Puxi dock Gongping Lu to Pudong dock Tai Dong Lu, or Puxi dock Fuxing Dong Lu to Pudong dock Yangjia Du, and then walk on over to the festival grounds.

Moreover, this year’s Shanghai Craft Beer Festival has partnered with Didi to make your travels easier and safer.

Now, get yourself out of bed and head over to the longest running and original China craft beer fest before the good stuff runs dry!